Deep, Deeper, Freakin' Deep!

[DeepSeaDan]

Just in case your interested in JUST HOW FAR DOWN YOU CAN GO...


Comex Divers did:

* In 1977 - 501m in the Meditteranean Sea breathing Heliox

* In 1988 - 530m, again in the Med., breathing Hydro-Heliox ( 49/50/1 ) - 8 days to reach depth, 18 days deco.

* In 1992 - a dive in a test saturation complex called "Hydra 10" took them to 675m after 18 days of compression, again breathing hydro-heliox. One of these lads transfered into a smaller chamber & was further compressed to 701m. Deco. took several weeks.

No one experienced any significant problems at these depths.

Book early to avoid disappointment!

Best,
DSD

 

[Scubakevdm]

Just in case your interested in JUST HOW FAR DOWN YOU CAN GO...


Comex Divers did:

* In 1977 - 501m in the Meditteranean Sea breathing Heliox

* In 1988 - 530m, again in the Med., breathing Hydro-Heliox ( 49/50/1 ) - 8 days to reach depth, 18 days deco.

* In 1992 - a dive in a test saturation complex called "Hydra 10" took them to 675m after 18 days of compression, again breathing hydro-heliox. One of these lads transfered into a smaller chamber & was further compressed to 701m. Deco. took several weeks.

No one experienced any significant problems at these depths.

Book early to avoid disappointment!



Best,
DSD

Crap! I already sold my double lp121's.

 

[DeepSeaDan]

Crap! I already sold my double lp121's.

...Wally-Mart has some nifty 800m. snorkels for sale.

Strong lungs a definite asset.

 

[zen_man]

Crap! I already sold my double lp121's.

c'mon kev. I thought all you would need is a single AL80 and a SpairAir!

 

[msg]

What do you do with all that time getting to that depth? What can you eat, besides shrimp?
Those are some insane depths!!

 

[ianw2]

Woof! 701 meters?!? That's 2,300 feet!

One question: Why?

And...there may not have been a significant problem at that depth, but I wonder about the cumulative effects of saturation diving that deep for decades. Hmmmm....

Ian

 

[Buoyant1]

METERS? Holy crap!

btw...did we ever figure out what depth you could suck an 80 down in one breath? I think there was a thread last year about it....

 

[ItMustBeJames]

One question: Why?

Your answer lies in the more appropriate question: "why not?"

I bet those dives would make great stories. How do you prepare. What science goes in to the gas mixture. But even more interesting: what about sleeping and eating! How do you do that?

 

[Scububbs]

METERS? Holy crap!

btw...did we ever figure out what depth you could suck an 80 down in one breath? I think there was a thread last year about it....

I'd never considered that question until I read your post, but now I'm curious too.

 

[Scubakevdm]

METERS? Holy crap!

btw...did we ever figure out what depth you could suck an 80 down in one breath? I think there was a thread last year about it....

I calculated that I would have almost 3 minutes at 701m.